Sightseeing Hotel Lijiang

Lijiang/Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia)<br><br>I took the 7.50am bus to Qiaotou, the starting point for the Gorge west to east.Tiger Leaping Gorge is a canyon of the Yangtze River. It's about 15 km (9 mi) long and 2km (1.5 mi) deep. At the west end of the gorge is the town of Qiaotou. At the east end is the town of Daju. Most people that come here hike from one end to the other, either along the "High Trail" or the "Low Trail". The low trail ...

... paying the entry fee at the main gate 1) if your getting there early before 8am or after 5pm your sweet theres no one there. 2) through the other few entries on the side a mini bus from Likenlong Supermarket should do it too if anyone tries to make you pay just ignore them. Well wish we could have avoided the fee but as we drove in and realised we had to pay it was to late and my fellow travellers were not as keen as me to forgo the fee but hey it ...

... tornade. Je crois qu'elle est tombee dans la marmite de methamphetamine quand elle etait gamine. En moins de 5 minutes, elle a organiser mon autobus vers Chengdu et m'a donner une banane et une tasse de the. Ca c'est du service!<br><br>Pis j'ai une chambre a moi tout seul aussi pour genre 25 kuai! C'est un ****ing bon prix! Sauf que pour seul chauffage j'ai un bucket avec du charbon en feu dedans. Ca va ben dormir a swere!<br><br>Y fait ...

... from a slight bug. The next day, we, along with a family of Australians, visited the Tiger Leaping Gorge. The Tiger Leaping Gorge is one of the deepest gorges in the world. If measured from the tops of its bordering mountains (the Haba Mt and the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain), the gorge depth is a staggering 3900m. Of course, the ...

... to the borderlands with Burma. In fact, his Yunnan trip takes up 40% of his diaries. While his earlier writing to more familiar places in central and eastern China was more in the style of the day, devoted to famous sites, his Yunnan diaries include more detail about the journey, it's harshness, the remoteness, and his unfamiliarity with the exotic, as well as his sense of being an explorer yet also grappling with his own cultural identity (this is ...

... ghosts will also use this as an opportunity to avenge those who wronged them during their lives hear on earth. Essentially this is a traditional festival to honour deceased family members. That's why a sumptuous meal for the 'hungry ghosts' is prepared to satisfy the ghosts and get good fortune. That's why on the streets of Lijiang - and most Chinese towns - you will see the burning of incense. And in Lijiang the Naxi do ...

... soon at Jane's, a very short walk up the road. This guest house was really chill, the view and air quite scenic and relaxing. It felt good to be away from it all for the moment, with a handful of people all eagerly anticipating the same journey ahead. The guy we met on the bus, an American from Seattle, Jesse, and I had a pretty low-key night, with dinner at Margo's (the nice but somewhat "off" Australian who owns the Gorged Tiger Cafe) and a lot of sitting around and ...

... beautiful place and hence is very busy with tourists. I headed to the north of the Old Town where there are two beautiful old water wheels that are kind of the symbol of the town. I spotted a KFC nearby, yes yes I know, and ate at 4pm. I walked around more of the Old Town afterwards and changed some British money for the first time on the trip at a Bank of China which was a breeze. The rate of exchange was near enough the same as the ATM. I popped into a travel place and booked a flight ...

... First, I have to tell you this. Tonight was the Full Moon. And here in Lijiang the sun set around 7.30pm and the moon, up it came, orange, full and ripe. Now maybe you know the folklore surrounding the Full Moon. You know, the craziness induced by the full beam of the moon on earth. If if can influence the tides, how about the sea of blood in our veins? You've probably heard how the Full Moon can bring out the worst in people: more violence, more suicides ...

... it out between themselves! Glenn got back on the phone and managed to work out that they would pick us up in 10 minutes, and sure enough 10 minutes later there was a minibus driving us to Mama's. We arrived near Mama's on the edge of the old town and were greeted by one of her staff, wanting to grab all our bags and carry them herself! She walked us through the old town, through narrow little streets and eventually we came to a door, no name, no sign. We were at ...